AP U.S. History Summer Assignments
Due Date:
First Day of School
Hello and welcome to AP U.S. History (a.k.a. APUSH). In order to succeed in APUSH, you need to get off on the
right foot and be sure to complete the following assignments by the first day of school. We look forward to a
challenging, intriguing, and fun school year as we all face the world of APUSH. Please let us know if there is
anything we can do to guide you through this great learning experience. Good luck!
1.
Purchase an APUSH only notebook (at least a 2 subject notebook) OR loose-leaf notebook paper and
binder.
2. Check out and carefully read chapter 1 from The American Pageant. It is recommended that you take
notes as you read through the chapter. You will be required to turn in a completed outline for the
Summer Assignment.
3. Complete the Native People of North America and Explorer Charts. Read “Who Were the First
Americans?” and answer the questions at the end of the article. These items will be collected on the
very first day of class.
4. You will be tested on the above material during the first or second week of school. .
5. We will answer any questions you may have concerning the content of these chapters during the first
days of school, but we will not be teaching them. It is your responsibility to carefully read the
chapter and complete all assignments to prepare yourself for the exam.
6. Read the APUSH Honor Code. Review with your parents and sign/date where appropriate. Bring
this to class with you on the first day of school.
On the first days of school, we will briefly review content related to the summer assignments. We will answer
any questions that you may have about the assignment, but we will not be explicitly teaching them. On these
days, we will also discuss the format of an APUSH unit exam (multiple choice questions, identifications, and an
essay), and discuss the writing of historical essays.
Have a great summer and see you in August!
Ms. Kim, Mr. Wootton, and Mr. Stuckey
APUSH Teachers
Explorers Chart
Instructions: Use Ch. 1 American Pageant and the following URL: www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/index to
complete the chart below. The “Results of Exploration” and “Significance of Exploration” sections should have answers,
additionally, they should have different answers.
Date or Dates
Columbus
Vespucci
Da Gama
Ponce de
Leon
Sponsor
Country
Area Explored
Results of
Exploration
Significance of
Exploration
Dias
de Soto
Coronado
Cortes
AP US History Honor Code
The Honor Code is an undertaking of the students, individually and collectively:
1. that they will not give or receive aid in examinations; that they will not give or receive
unpermitted aid in class work, in the preparation of reports, or in any other work that is to be j.
used by the teacher as the basis of grading;
2. that they will do their share and take an active part in seeing to it that others as well as
themselves uphold the spirit and letter of the Honor Code.
Examples of conduct which have been regarded as being in violation of the Honor Code include:
 Copying from another’s examination/homework paper or allowing another to copy from one’s
own paper
 Unpermitted collaboration
 Plagiarism
 Revising and resubmitting a quiz or exam for regrading, without the instructor’s knowledge and
consent
 Giving or receiving unpermitted aid on a take-home assignments
 Representing as one’s own work the work of another
 Giving or receiving aid on an academic assignment under circumstances in which a reasonable
person should have known that such aid was not permitted
Student disciplinary cases involving Honor Code violations most frequently arise when a student
submits another’s work as his or her own, or gives or receives unpermitted aid.
The standard penalty for a first offense includes a warning and "No Credit" for the assignment for which
the violation occurred. The standard penalty for any repeat violations will be handled according to the
discipline outlined in the student handbook. In cases of multiple violations, student may be withdrawn
from the AP US History course.
I understand the HONOR CODE policy for APUS History and agree to comply with the expectations
outlined above.
Name
Date
Signature
Period
Native
People of
North
America
Political

Leaders/elites

State
structure

War

Diplomacy/
treaties

Economic


Social
Intellectual
Artistic
Geographic

Holy books

family

philosophy

art
Commerce

Beliefs/

gender

math/ science

music

Location
relations

education

writing/

Physical
literature

Movement

Human-
Capital/
traditions

Technology/
Industry

Sin vs.

social classes
salvation

inequalities
deities

lifestyles
Environment
Courts/laws
Hopewell
www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/hope
well.html
Mississippian
www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/missis
s.html
Anasazi
www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/south
west.html#ana
DIRECTIONS: Complete a PERSIAN analysis of each North American civilization using the corresponding websites.
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Near:
Trade/
Money

Religious
Interaction

Region
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